MANASSAS, Va. — Coble Trench Safety, a Greensboro, N.C.-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench safety equipment as well as OSHA-compliant training classes and the rental and sales of traffic safety equipment, last month announced the opening of a new branch in Manassas, Va., in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

The branch is the company's sixth location and its third outside North Carolina. The branch, managed by Chris Allen, a five-year veteran of the trench and traffic safety industry, will cover the Washington and Baltimore markets.

Coble Trench Safety also relocated its corporate headquarters and Greensboro branch. The branch is situated on the same property as the headquarters office. Coble said the company plans to open additional branches in the second half of 2007.